WebMediaBrands CEO Alan Meckler
Nice To Be Correct
Many readers probably read the news release about the Elon University-Pew Internet and American Life Project results that were made public this week.
Yours truly is included as one of the people quoted about the Internet during the years 1990-1995. If you take a look at my quotes you will see I was on the mark way back then. Of particular interest to me is my quote that Internet brands would be as well known as traditional media brands. Little did I know that in some cases Internet brands would be dominant in terms of readership and reach. Nobody knew about eBAY back then. Nobody knew about paid Search. And nobody knew that AOL would buy Time Warner.
A job well done to Elon and Pew.
As the director of the Predictions Project, I would like to thank you for your expression of support.
Your readers should know that everyone is invited to add their own thoughts about the future of networked communications to the Elon/Pew Predictions site.
Just go to http://www.elon.edu/predictions/SubmitYourVision.aspx
Your prediction will be added to the thousands of voices already included in the database. There is some lag time between your sending of the prediction and its appearance on the site, because we have an editor checking contributions to make sure they are appropriate. We encourage everyone to share their ideas!